Combination-tool-handle pliers.



' M. M. BEIGE,

COMBINATION TOOL HANDLE PLIERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, 1911.

. 1,069,106. Patented Aug.5,'1913.

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I ML: M. BRICK.

GOMBINATIONTOOL HANDLE PLIBRS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, 1911 Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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, UNITED SAS MICHAEL M. BEIGE, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

FFICE.

COMBINATION-TOOL-HANDLE LPLIERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5,1913.

To Um/win it may com-urn lie it known that'l, .\ln:n.\1-:r. .\l. Baler, a citizen of the United States, residing at Savannah. in the county of thatham, State f Georgia. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (ombination-'lool- Handle lliers; and I- do here y declare the following to be a full. clear. and exact description of the.invt.-ntion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it an pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combination tools and more especially to pliers having a cone bination of tools formed therewith and arranged in'a novel manner-to provide a ready and convenient article for various uses.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combination tool in the form of pliers provided with means for holding its handles in a-stationa'ry position when its-jaws are closed and in which said jaws are constructed with novel form of gripping faces formed in a novel manner for the )roper and secure gripping of a tool shank 0 novel form therebetween whereby the handles of the. pliers will serve as a handle for the various tools having their shank portions formed to conform to the shape of the gripping faces of the jaws.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain other combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed,'it being a still further object of the invention to provide a device which will not be likely to get out of working order.

In the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a perspective View of my l'nproved pliers in a closed position and employed as a tool handle for gripping the shank ortion of a tool. Fig. 2 is an opposite si e elevation thereof in the same position and with the' shank removed. Flg. 3 is a side elevation of the device looking toward the same side as shown in Fig. 2 but with the liers in an open position and with a tool s ank insertedin position for use. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but looking toward the opposite side of the pliers and with the shank removed. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of -Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detailed erspective view of a tool shank adapted to be gripped by my improved pliers.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my invention .is shown as comprising a palr of handles 10 am] 11 which are formed with enlarged head portions 12 pivotallv conneeted as shown at it} and formed with tapered jaws beyond the pivot point as shown at it and 15 respectively. The opposite sides of the enlarged portions 12 at the r edges are formed with notches 16 having their opposite edges sharpened to constitnte wire cutters while the handle 10 carriesa belt punt-hi7 or other form of punching element adapted to eoaet with :1 lug 18 carried by the handle 11 and both projectinginwardly in alinement closely :ltljtlCtllt the pivot point 13 and to enact when the handles are brought to a closed position. A curved clip 1!) is pivotally connected as shown at it) to tln tree extremity of the handle 11 and at its free extremity carries an inwardly proieeting locking point or tooth 21 adapted to migage in a recess 22 formed in the free extremity of the handle 10 to hold the handles in a closed position and form an abutting member adapted to tit thecontour of the palm of the hand and permit use of the plier as a tool handle without injury. 'hen the handles are in an open position, said clip it) is adapted to be pivoted toward the handle 1t and the tooth '31 engaged in a recess 23 in the inner face of the handle 11 to hold the clip against said handle to permit free movement of the handles or to hold said clip out of the way when not desired for use.

The coacting faces of the jaws Li and 15 are constructed in a novel manner to enact in forming a combination of implements and also to form a socket whereby the shankof a tool may be inserted therein and locked in position by the clip previously described.

For this purpose the coacting faces of the 24 centrally and longitudinally of their i11- ner portions and communicating with similarly extended semi-circular recesses 25 outwardly of the recesses 2i and communicating with the ends of the jaws for securing a. handle shank 26 therein. The handle shank 26 may be that of any known form of tool or implement such. as a screwdriver, saw, file, chisel, punch, awl, reamer, gimlet, gouge, knife, cork screw, can opener, soldering iron,

leather punch, nail pulleror any other tool' which may be provlded with a shank and which is formed with a reduced circular portion 2? intermediate of a rectangular portion 28 at the extremity of the shank and the tool whereby the recesses 24 and 25 will close jects and forwardly of said corrugations which provide biting teeth for tightly gripping a pipe section, are a pair of opposed grooves '31 adapted for gripping wire for splicing the same in an efficient manner, said gr'nves being dis osed inwardly of the ends of the jaw as s own. The opposite side portions oi the jaws relative to the sides in which the recesses 29 are formed, are provided with beveled recesses 32 forming sharp engaging edges or cutting blades for wire or the like and. which are further formed with opposite triangular recesses 33 adapted to coact for tightly engaging the head of a nail for forming a nail puller.

'I wish to have it understood that I may make such changes in the construction of the device as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims and it is further understood that the device under the statutes is protected for all desirable uses to which it may be put without departing from the spirit of the invention.

l. A tool comprising handle members pivoted together and having clamping jaws formed with intermediate gripping recesses longitudinally thereof and with recesses communicating with their side faces outwardly of the gripping recesses, said jaws having wall portions between the recesses.

2. The combination with pliers consisting of pivoted handles having coact-ing jaws formed to provide a combination of implements, the free ends of the handles being normally s aced apart when the jaws are in contact;.o means for holding said jaws in contact or permitting the same to move apart, consisting in having the extremity of one handle bifurcated and the extremity of the other handle formed with an end recess, theinner face of the first named handle being also provided with a-recess and a curved clip pivoted between the. bifurcations and having an inwardly extendifiglocking point for interchangeable engagement ,with the respective recesses to permit the ip to serve as an abutting member for the hand or to hold the same out of the way and allow free movement of the handles.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL M. BEIGE.

Witnesses:

CHARLIE MA'rrns, E. I Knnsenn. 

